Syd4Vaughn
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because you lurve her
great update
What's Left of Me
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because you lurve her
great update
Ms.MichaelVaughn
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No one believes him because it's obvious what is going on
mbellsdiva
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Mother's approval is the best. Plus, Emily has found a new playmate.
Because he doesn't even believe himself.
fieldstation
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He has to stop being so stubborn and accept the truth: he likes her.
vaughn4eva24
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YES a happy update
great emily likes syd!!
great emily likes syd!!
texasalias2004
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I knew that Emily would love Sydney. Emily is so cute. she is going to have her dads sense of humor. haha
texasalias
texasalias
catfishally
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Um duh he totally likes her!
that is why no one believes him.
Dude Emily throwing water on him cracked me up.
that is why no one believes him.
Dude Emily throwing water on him cracked me up.
vaughnshoney
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No one believes him coz it's not true. Syd is definately becoming more than a friend.. so great. can't wait for more
farliieansds225
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aww so cute
emilys adorable
awesome update
cant wait for more
emilys adorable
awesome update
cant wait for more
74Aliaschickita47
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I thought it said "help you with your slut" I was like "WHAT?! SHE HAS A SLUT WHATS GOING ON?!" so I had to do a re-do and then I saw it said "suit." lol. that was funny when I saw that.
Stealth is on! I like this movie.... anyways. I'm starting to get a little tired.
Have a good one.
Hope you [all] had a good Thanksgiving.
-*yawn* Beefed up. :beret:
irate2:AliasSydney502
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awww soo cute!!
SkyGirl5
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Chapter 11
After taking some pictures of Emily, Sydney mingled with Michael and his friends until they all sat down for dinner around six-thirty. She picked at her burger and potato salad while watching Michael assist his daughter with her half-hot dog and carrot sticks before bothering to get food for himself. She had been anxious to see Michael in a fatherly setting ever since meeting him and now that she had, it made her already strong feelings for him grow. The fact that he was a compassionate father only added to his already amazing qualities. He was cautious, this she knew, and completely understood, which was why she also knew to be careful about her feelings for him. Though she wished for them to be more than friends, she knew it had to be at his pace and not hers.
As the party guests finished up their meals, Eric decided it was time to invoke his favorite part of the Fourth of July holiday: fireworks, even though it was only just beginning to grow dusk outside. Michael made sure that Emily was far away from her uncle’s antics as he lit sparklers, let them burn too long in his hand and cursed when the sparks began nipping at his skin.
“You’d think he’d learn,” Sydney laughed after the fourth time Eric dropped a sparkler while screeching.
“Of course not. Perhaps I should go save him from himself,” Michael said. Then he looked cautiously down at Emily in his lap, who was laughing at Eric.
“I’ll make sure she doesn’t go over there,” Sydney offered. Michael gave her a smile and removed Emily from has lap, sitting her down on the picnic table next to Sydney. He told her not to move from that spot before going over and wrenching the matches from his moronic friend.
“He’s silly, isn’t he?” Sydney said to Emily.
She nodded with a grin. Then, she slid herself into Sydney’s lap. “I like you, Sydney,” she said, with the ‘s’ in Sydney coming out with a slight lisp so it sounded more like ‘Thydney’.
Sydney smiled at this, glad Michael’s little angel favored her instead of hating her, for that had been one of her major concerns about that evening. “Well, I like you too, Emily,” she said with a playful poke to Emily’s belly.
“Eric, I swear to god – you’re worse than Emily,” Michael said, snatching the matches away from him before he could burn himself.
“Am not,” Eric said childishly. Then, he dug around in his bag full of explosives for something more entertaining than a sparkler. “Oh, look at Emily and Sydney,” he pointed out. Michael looked over and saw Emily sitting on Sydney’s lap laughing. This made him smile.
“They look cute, almost like-”
“Finish that sentence and I throw your matches in Emily’s swimming pool,” Michael threatened, not wanting to hear any suggestive mother-daughter or family comments from Eric; it was far too soon.
“Meanie,” Eric pouted, snatching his matches back. Then, he went further out into the back yard so that he could light the explosives he clutched in his hand. The moment the loud popping began, though, Emily let out a screech and began to cry. Michael rushed to her side and gathered her up in his arms, trying to soothe her. He took her inside where the noise wasn’t so loud while Sydney went over to scold Eric for scaring Emily.
After about ten minutes free of Eric’s fireworks, Emily had calmed down enough to return to the party, where she clambered up in her grandfather’s lap. Shortly after that the party guests began dissipating as, one by one, they left to go home. When Sydney told Michael that she was going to go, he said quickly, “No, don’t! I mean,” he backtracked from his loud outburst, “you don’t have to if you don’t want to… you could stay for the fireworks,” he offered.
“Eric’s fireworks…?” Sydney asked cautiously.
“No,” Michael laughed. “He’s not allowed to play with fire anymore today. I mean the fireworks they’re putting off at Memorial Park tonight.”
Sydney glanced down at her watch. “But that’s not for like…three hours.”
“Oh… right… well, you don’t have to-”
“I can come back,” she offered. “I need to do some laundry but I can come back… if you’d like.”
“Yeah, okay,” Michael smiled. Sydney gave him a smile before saying goodbye to Eric and Michael’s parents and then leaving.
“She’s comin’ back, huh? Huh?” Eric asked with a grin as he elbowed Michael playfully.
“Chill, Eric,” Michael told him.
“Oh come on, Michael. It’s a gimmie. Dark, romantic, fireworks,” he listed. “All you gotta do is kiss her.”
Michael gave his friend an annoyed look as his mother chimed in, “He’s right, you know.”
Michael gave her an indignant look. “You’re all ganging up on me!”
“Not ganging up – encouraging,” his father clarified.
“Speak for yourself – I’m forcing,” Eric said.
“Well whatever, it’s not going to happen, so you all can just stop,” Michael insisted before walking out into his yard to empty Emily’s swimming pool. The remaining three adults sighed and exchanged helpless glances.
~*~
In Sydney’s absence, Michael spent some time talking with his parents before they left and then cleaned up the party mess with Eric before he left as well, but not before giving Michael one final ‘if you don’t kiss her I’ll kick your ass’ scolding. Then, Michael put Emily to bed since her crankiness was really beginning to show through her usually angelic demeanor. She had only been in bed about twenty minutes before Sydney arrived.
“Is this an okay time?” Sydney asked cautiously.
“Of course, I just put Emily to bed.”
“She must be tired; she was really having fun today,” Sydney commented.
“Are you kidding me? There were tons of people here for her to show off for and who were fussing over her – she had a blast,” Michael laughed.
Sydney laughed as well. “She’s really a great kid.”
“Thanks,” Michael smiled. Then, he lead the way out into his backyard, where he had placed a blanket on the ground so the two of them could sit and watch the fireworks show.
“Oh, this is nice,” Sydney smiled. She slipped off her sandals and sat down on one side of the blanket, waiting for Michael to sit on the other. It was almost completely dark outside aside from the flashes from the fireflies buzzing around them. It took Sydney a few tries, but she caught one in her hand with a giggle. “I used to love catching them when I was younger,” she sighed. She watched the firefly in her palm for a moment before opening up her hand and letting it fly away.
“Oh, yeah, I never did that – I was more into catching snakes,” he told her, sitting down beside her.
“Snakes? Ew,” she shivered.
“Nah, they’re cool when they’re all slithery,” he said in a spooky voice while tickling the back of her neck with his fingers. She squealed and jumped away from him as he laughed. This earned him a smack on the arm.
“Don’t do that,” she warned. After her warning she slid closer to him so that their bodies were almost up against one another. Michael decided to take a bold step and put his arm around her back, which caused Sydney to immediately lean her body against his, for this was the invitation she had been waiting for.
They sat that way for ten minutes, waiting for the fireworks to begin until Sydney decided it was time to take a bold step of her own. Cautiously, she lifted her head from its position on Michael’s shoulder, leaned in and kissed the side of his mouth softly. She wasn’t expecting any reaction from him; it was merely her way of saying ‘I know you’re cautious, but I’m right here and I want this too’. She wasn’t expecting a reaction so, when she got one, she was stunned.
When Sydney kissed him, Michael fought his initial reaction to pull away and, instead, turned his head to the side and caught her lips in his. Before he even realized what he was doing, he was kissing her hungrily for a solid minute before he came to his senses, pulled back and slid away from her, feeling terrible. “I’m sorry, I-”
“Don’t be sorry,” Sydney cut him off quickly and with a smile, though he couldn’t see it in the dark. “I kissed you, remember?”
Michael laughed softly before they both leaned in and met in the middle with another hungry kiss. That time, Sydney locked her arms around Michael’s neck and he locked his around her back. It had been so long since he had kissed anyone that way, so long that he had forgotten just how amazing it was to have that first kiss-skin tingling-butterflies feeling. He knew within an instant that his first kiss with Sydney was different somehow, but guessed that it only seemed like his best first kiss since it had been so long.
Sydney pulled back from their kiss gasping for breath. She nuzzled her face against his while running her fingers through his hair. “Are we going to be more than just friends now?” she asked softly.
Michael nodded with a soft ‘mm hmm’. Though he was still cautious, it was pointless for him to deny his feelings any longer, especially when all he wanted to do was hold her. She kissed him once more before curling up in his arms just as the fireworks display began. Michael hugged her tightly and kissed the top of her head; that day had definitely become his favorite Fourth of July by far.
After taking some pictures of Emily, Sydney mingled with Michael and his friends until they all sat down for dinner around six-thirty. She picked at her burger and potato salad while watching Michael assist his daughter with her half-hot dog and carrot sticks before bothering to get food for himself. She had been anxious to see Michael in a fatherly setting ever since meeting him and now that she had, it made her already strong feelings for him grow. The fact that he was a compassionate father only added to his already amazing qualities. He was cautious, this she knew, and completely understood, which was why she also knew to be careful about her feelings for him. Though she wished for them to be more than friends, she knew it had to be at his pace and not hers.
As the party guests finished up their meals, Eric decided it was time to invoke his favorite part of the Fourth of July holiday: fireworks, even though it was only just beginning to grow dusk outside. Michael made sure that Emily was far away from her uncle’s antics as he lit sparklers, let them burn too long in his hand and cursed when the sparks began nipping at his skin.
“You’d think he’d learn,” Sydney laughed after the fourth time Eric dropped a sparkler while screeching.
“Of course not. Perhaps I should go save him from himself,” Michael said. Then he looked cautiously down at Emily in his lap, who was laughing at Eric.
“I’ll make sure she doesn’t go over there,” Sydney offered. Michael gave her a smile and removed Emily from has lap, sitting her down on the picnic table next to Sydney. He told her not to move from that spot before going over and wrenching the matches from his moronic friend.
“He’s silly, isn’t he?” Sydney said to Emily.
She nodded with a grin. Then, she slid herself into Sydney’s lap. “I like you, Sydney,” she said, with the ‘s’ in Sydney coming out with a slight lisp so it sounded more like ‘Thydney’.
Sydney smiled at this, glad Michael’s little angel favored her instead of hating her, for that had been one of her major concerns about that evening. “Well, I like you too, Emily,” she said with a playful poke to Emily’s belly.
“Eric, I swear to god – you’re worse than Emily,” Michael said, snatching the matches away from him before he could burn himself.
“Am not,” Eric said childishly. Then, he dug around in his bag full of explosives for something more entertaining than a sparkler. “Oh, look at Emily and Sydney,” he pointed out. Michael looked over and saw Emily sitting on Sydney’s lap laughing. This made him smile.
“They look cute, almost like-”
“Finish that sentence and I throw your matches in Emily’s swimming pool,” Michael threatened, not wanting to hear any suggestive mother-daughter or family comments from Eric; it was far too soon.
“Meanie,” Eric pouted, snatching his matches back. Then, he went further out into the back yard so that he could light the explosives he clutched in his hand. The moment the loud popping began, though, Emily let out a screech and began to cry. Michael rushed to her side and gathered her up in his arms, trying to soothe her. He took her inside where the noise wasn’t so loud while Sydney went over to scold Eric for scaring Emily.
After about ten minutes free of Eric’s fireworks, Emily had calmed down enough to return to the party, where she clambered up in her grandfather’s lap. Shortly after that the party guests began dissipating as, one by one, they left to go home. When Sydney told Michael that she was going to go, he said quickly, “No, don’t! I mean,” he backtracked from his loud outburst, “you don’t have to if you don’t want to… you could stay for the fireworks,” he offered.
“Eric’s fireworks…?” Sydney asked cautiously.
“No,” Michael laughed. “He’s not allowed to play with fire anymore today. I mean the fireworks they’re putting off at Memorial Park tonight.”
Sydney glanced down at her watch. “But that’s not for like…three hours.”
“Oh… right… well, you don’t have to-”
“I can come back,” she offered. “I need to do some laundry but I can come back… if you’d like.”
“Yeah, okay,” Michael smiled. Sydney gave him a smile before saying goodbye to Eric and Michael’s parents and then leaving.
“She’s comin’ back, huh? Huh?” Eric asked with a grin as he elbowed Michael playfully.
“Chill, Eric,” Michael told him.
“Oh come on, Michael. It’s a gimmie. Dark, romantic, fireworks,” he listed. “All you gotta do is kiss her.”
Michael gave his friend an annoyed look as his mother chimed in, “He’s right, you know.”
Michael gave her an indignant look. “You’re all ganging up on me!”
“Not ganging up – encouraging,” his father clarified.
“Speak for yourself – I’m forcing,” Eric said.
“Well whatever, it’s not going to happen, so you all can just stop,” Michael insisted before walking out into his yard to empty Emily’s swimming pool. The remaining three adults sighed and exchanged helpless glances.
~*~
In Sydney’s absence, Michael spent some time talking with his parents before they left and then cleaned up the party mess with Eric before he left as well, but not before giving Michael one final ‘if you don’t kiss her I’ll kick your ass’ scolding. Then, Michael put Emily to bed since her crankiness was really beginning to show through her usually angelic demeanor. She had only been in bed about twenty minutes before Sydney arrived.
“Is this an okay time?” Sydney asked cautiously.
“Of course, I just put Emily to bed.”
“She must be tired; she was really having fun today,” Sydney commented.
“Are you kidding me? There were tons of people here for her to show off for and who were fussing over her – she had a blast,” Michael laughed.
Sydney laughed as well. “She’s really a great kid.”
“Thanks,” Michael smiled. Then, he lead the way out into his backyard, where he had placed a blanket on the ground so the two of them could sit and watch the fireworks show.
“Oh, this is nice,” Sydney smiled. She slipped off her sandals and sat down on one side of the blanket, waiting for Michael to sit on the other. It was almost completely dark outside aside from the flashes from the fireflies buzzing around them. It took Sydney a few tries, but she caught one in her hand with a giggle. “I used to love catching them when I was younger,” she sighed. She watched the firefly in her palm for a moment before opening up her hand and letting it fly away.
“Oh, yeah, I never did that – I was more into catching snakes,” he told her, sitting down beside her.
“Snakes? Ew,” she shivered.
“Nah, they’re cool when they’re all slithery,” he said in a spooky voice while tickling the back of her neck with his fingers. She squealed and jumped away from him as he laughed. This earned him a smack on the arm.
“Don’t do that,” she warned. After her warning she slid closer to him so that their bodies were almost up against one another. Michael decided to take a bold step and put his arm around her back, which caused Sydney to immediately lean her body against his, for this was the invitation she had been waiting for.
They sat that way for ten minutes, waiting for the fireworks to begin until Sydney decided it was time to take a bold step of her own. Cautiously, she lifted her head from its position on Michael’s shoulder, leaned in and kissed the side of his mouth softly. She wasn’t expecting any reaction from him; it was merely her way of saying ‘I know you’re cautious, but I’m right here and I want this too’. She wasn’t expecting a reaction so, when she got one, she was stunned.
When Sydney kissed him, Michael fought his initial reaction to pull away and, instead, turned his head to the side and caught her lips in his. Before he even realized what he was doing, he was kissing her hungrily for a solid minute before he came to his senses, pulled back and slid away from her, feeling terrible. “I’m sorry, I-”
“Don’t be sorry,” Sydney cut him off quickly and with a smile, though he couldn’t see it in the dark. “I kissed you, remember?”
Michael laughed softly before they both leaned in and met in the middle with another hungry kiss. That time, Sydney locked her arms around Michael’s neck and he locked his around her back. It had been so long since he had kissed anyone that way, so long that he had forgotten just how amazing it was to have that first kiss-skin tingling-butterflies feeling. He knew within an instant that his first kiss with Sydney was different somehow, but guessed that it only seemed like his best first kiss since it had been so long.
Sydney pulled back from their kiss gasping for breath. She nuzzled her face against his while running her fingers through his hair. “Are we going to be more than just friends now?” she asked softly.
Michael nodded with a soft ‘mm hmm’. Though he was still cautious, it was pointless for him to deny his feelings any longer, especially when all he wanted to do was hold her. She kissed him once more before curling up in his arms just as the fireworks display began. Michael hugged her tightly and kissed the top of her head; that day had definitely become his favorite Fourth of July by far.
fieldstation
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Aw yay they kissed!
Eric is soo going to tease Michael for that. :lol: He'll put the whole "You know I was right" speech.
Eric is soo going to tease Michael for that. :lol: He'll put the whole "You know I was right" speech.
